Cooking Barbecue Chicken -
Essential BBQ Tips & Recipes
Cooking Barbecue Chicken can be a nightmare if not a food health hazard! My BBQ tips and recipes make essential reading for anyone who not only wants to get it right, but do a good job of it too. So BBQ Chicken can be a food health hazard huh? Well not any more. My first TIP is so simple but essential:- Be patient. If on gas or electric, cook it gently. If on charcoal allow at least 45 minutes for your charcoal to settle down before even considering to put the chicken on.
Cooking barbecue chicken should be about spit and sizzle. If there’s any sign of a flame near your drummer, get the tongs and whip it off. Leave your coals for 15 mins and try again. I have a home made barbecue design that allows me to raise and lower the grill plate according to the state of the charcoal. It’s a great asset for chicken and gives me that extra “volume control” on how the BBQ progresses, but if you haven’t got that luxury?
It’s the fat from the skin that causes the flames so take the skin off! I know there’s lots of flavour in the skin but apply one of my barbecue rub recipes and boy oh boy the flavour is back! For The Grill:- Click here for the basic
Barbecue Chicken Rub
Or try my
Caribbean Chicken Rub
For Tex Mex heat go for
BBQ Chicken Wings
OK so the rub works well on chicken pieces, but what about the whole chicken. Well there are two methods I prefer.
The
Spatchcock Method
is where we effectively cook the chicken inside out, I saw this first done many years ago in Portugal and it’s still one of my favourites today.
And let’s not forget the rotisserie method. Great for continuous basting and a really succulent result.
Click here for more information about rotisserie cooking.
If you fancy something lighter with an oriental style, why not try one of these:-
Yakitori Chicken
Chicken Salad with Citrus Fruits
Or what about some
Indian Tandoori Chicken?
Indian Spiced Kebabs
For the Smoker:-
Easy Whole Smoked Chicken
Plank Cooked Chicken with Garlic and Chilli
Plank Cooked Chicken with Paprika
For the Kamado Ceramic Barbecue:- This is where you can truly take advantage of your ceramic designed barbecue and use it as a tandoor.
Tandoori Chicken Breast
Chicken Tikka
Or simply use your kamado like a traditional roasting oven:-
Traditional Roast Chicken
TIP - How do we know when chicken is done? Well you can use an instant read thermometer or simply prick it with a skewer – if the juices run clear then it’s done. Because of the health risks many people are put off barbecue chicken. Please don’t be put off, follow my recipes and chicken off the BBQ grill will be fantastic and awesome out of the BBQ smoker too. Related Pages:-
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